BEETLES. 103 



Genus Helodes, Latr. (Cyphon, Payk). 

 Elongated, or rounded oval. The antennae are filiform, with 

 the second and third joints smaller than the others. The body 

 is oval. The pronotum is much broader than long. The legs 

 are simple. The fourth joint of the tarsi is bilobate. The 

 elytra cover the abdomen. The beetles are found on flowers. 



* H. testaceus, Linn, (lividiis, Fabr.), (Plate XI., Fig. 11). 

 Pale yellowish-brown, finely and closely punctured, and with 

 fine pubescence. The antennae are dark brown, with the 

 exception of the first three joints ; and the margins of the 

 pronotum and elytra are frequently of the same colour. 

 Length, 4J mm. It is common in swampy meadows. 



Family XXVIII. MALAOODERMID-ffi. 



Body soft. Antennae eleven-jointed, setiform or filiform, 

 serrated or pectinated. Some of the females are without 

 elytra. Most of the species live on flowers. 



Genus Eros, ISTewman. 

 Elytra with prominent raised longitudinal striae; flattened. 

 The head is nearly hidden under the raised front border of the 

 pronotum. The antennae are flattened, and almost always have 

 the third joint larger than the second. They are found on 

 tree-trunks and flowers. 



* E. aurora, Fabr. (Plate XL, Fig. 12). Pronotum and elytra 

 red, the former generally margined with darker, with four 

 broad shallow grooves, and a small diamond-shaped depression 

 in the middle. It is dark brown beneath. This beetle 

 frequents flowers, and the larva lives in old oak-trees. It is 

 very local. 



E. {Homalisus) suturalis, Fabr. (Plate XL, Fig. 13). Black, 

 finely pubescent, with red wing-cases, having a blackish stripe 



